'American Candidate' Malia Lazu Champions Democracy and Inclusion

Independent "American Candidate" Malia Lazu says, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. My work bringing new people into the political process and changing the status quo is exactly the type of change we need.

I'm here because democracy in its finest hour isn't about some of us, but all of us, this campaign will be about democracy, about making politics exciting and interesting, not just for those who have 2000 dollars in their pockets, but also for the many of us who have just 2.

I don't look like most candidates, I don't sound like most candidates and that's because I'm not most candidates, I'm Malia Lazu, Black Puerto Rican and Italian -- an American. Your American Candidate." (electronic mail, June 22, 2004)

Malia visited Charlottesville, Virginia to promote her candidacy in Showtimes' American Candidate series. For more on her views on inclusion, see "Who Let the Punks Out?"

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